pterygium

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The pelvic girdle and limb (Figure 2, Sheet 15) are similar in structure, but the pro-pterygium and meso-pterygium are absent, and the cartilage answering to the meta-pterygium goes by the name of the basi-pterygium.

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  1. noun An abnormal mass of tissue arising from the conjunctiva of the inner corner of the eye that obstructs vision by growing over the cornea.

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  • Other eye disease like pterygium can occur as well. —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
  • Clinical trails concentrate on cataract, glaucoma, corneal transplantation, pterygium and retinal surgery trails, pharmaceutical and ocular drug delivery trails, visual psychophysics studies and refractive surgery and myopia clinical trails. —  JCN Newswire
  • Three main cartilages, named respectively the pro- (p.p.), meso- (m.p.), and meta-pterygium, form the base of the limb. —  Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata
  • The pelvic girdle and limb (Figure 2, Sheet 15) are similar in structure, but the pro-pterygium and meso-pterygium are absent, and the cartilage answering to the meta-pterygium goes by the name of the basi-pterygium. —  Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata
  • Connected with diseases of the eye, pterygium is common; not only single, but double, triple, and even quadruple are occasionally met with. —  Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before
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  1. New Latin, from Greek pterugion, diminutive of pterux, pterug-, wing; see pterygoid.

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  1. New Latin, also pterygion; cf. Latin pterygium, from Gr.πτερύγιον, a little wing, a fin, projection, film over the eye, growth of flesh over the nails, diminutive of πτέρυξ(πτερυγ-), wing, from πτερόν, wing, feather: see ptere.
 

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